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 Pirates Discuss Ransom 
 for Arms Shipment 

But demands diminish as international noose appears to tighten

Oct 1, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukranian ship carrying a weapons shipment are in ransom negotiations with the vessel’s owners, the BBC reports. No governments are involved in the talks, sources said. The pirates seem to be flexible: They initially asked for a $35 million ransom, then $20 million,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • Ukraine • pirates • weapons • cargo ships

 Somali Pirates: Uh, Hey, 
 We're 'Misunderstood' 

No plans to sell weapons to Islamists

Sep 30, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Somali pirates currently surrounded by US warships aboard a Ukrainian weapons freighter say they didn’t mean to steal the massive heavy weaponry shipment, they tell the New York Times, calling in by satellite phone. “We just saw a big ship,” said the leader. “So... More »

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Somalia • piracy • pirates • US Navy

3 Pirates Killed in In-Fighting Aboard Hijacked Tanker

Defiant Somali pirates demand $20M for cargo of tanks, weapons

Sep 30, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three pirates were killed today as in-fighting broke out aboard a hijacked Ukranian tanker, reports the Guardian. Tensions about what to do with the tanker, its crew, and the 33 tanks aboard it rose yesterday as American destroyers and cruisers continued to move in to ensure that the weapons—bound... More »

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Somalia • piracy • pirates • US Navy

Talk Like a Pirate Today, Matey, Or Walk the Plank!

You know you were waiting for an excuse to get your Jolly Roger on

Sep 19, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ahoy, matey! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the Detroit Free Press reports—though the good fortune of falling on a Friday has some wannabe swashbucklers set for a weekend of buccaneering behavior. Initially a joke between two friends, the holiday got national exposure when Dave Barry mentioned... More »

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holiday • pirates • International Talk Like a Pirate Day • Dave Barry

UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy

Navy vessels can follow hijackers into Somali waters

Jun 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - With piracy a growing problem off the Horn of Africa, the UN will allow its members to combat pirates using “all necessary means,” including chasing them into Somali waters, CNN reports. Somalia’s transitional government supports the move. More than two dozen pirate attacks have been reported in... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • piracy • pirates • Horn of Africa • UN Security Council

 Life Imitates Depp:
 Caribbean Piracy on Rise 

Yacht crowd comes under increased attack from armed buccaneers

Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates of the Caribbean is becoming all too real for yachters, the Los Angeles Times reports, with crime against visiting boats on the rise—and “it's becoming more violent,” one analyst says. The attacks are prompting businesses to advise caution—but they worry that overstating the problem could... More »

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theft • Pirates of the Caribbean • piracy • Caribbean • pirates • violent crime • armed robbery • yachts

Kickball 'Pirate' Busted With Sword at Macy's

It's just a 'prop,' says not-too-sharp shopper

May 26, 08 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A knuckle-headed player for a local "Pirates" kickball team was busted at Macy's in Manhattan yesterday for sporting an actual swashbuckler's sword, reports the New York Post. The 29-year-old player told police the sword was a "prop" he was taking to a game—but cops were not amused.... More »

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Pirates Hijack Relief Ship Off
of Somalia

Attack is third within weeks off the coast long plagued by pirates

May 18, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates hijacked a Jordanian relief ship off the Somalia coast early yesterday, reports the BBC, and its 12-member international crew are now traveling north with its cargo of 4,000 tons of sugar. Jordan is reportedly working with the Danish embassy in Mogadishu, near where the boat was seized, to... More »

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Somalia • Jordan • kidnapping • East Africa • relief • attack • pirates • hijacking

Spain Speeds to Save
Pirate Hostages

Fishing boat is latest target of Somali brigands

Apr 21, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish naval frigate is steaming to the waters off Somalia to rescue crew members of a tuna boat seized by pirates, reports the BBC. The boat was grabbed just days after French commandos freed hostages from a luxury yacht comandeered by Somali pirates. The tuna boat's 26 crew members... More »

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Somalia • Spain • pirates • ransom • fishing boat • hostage

Ignore Pirates or Face
Asylum Claims, UK Says

Navy argues blind eye not best policy

Apr 13, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an odd new take on piracy, the British Royal Navy has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates—or they may seek asylum to escape death sentences in their home countries. It's not a strategy roundly hailed. “These people commit horrendous offenses. It’s a... More »

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Somalia • crime • kidnapping • asylum • Britain • cruise ships • pirates • ransom • cargo ships

Somali Pirates Free
French Yacht Hostages

No word on whether ransom changed hands

Apr 11, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have freed the crew members of the French yacht they commandeered last week, AFP reports. All 30 hostages, including 22 French nationals, were handed over “without incident” in a deal negotiated by the military, Nicolas Sarkozy said. More »

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Somalia • France • Yemen • pirates • yachts • hostage

Pirates Grab French Yacht
Off Somalia

France joins regional force to save 30
crew members

Apr 4, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates overran a French yacht off the coast of Somalia today and took 30 crew members hostage, AFP reports. Vowing a quick end to the hijacking, France has joined a US-led regional force and may use its own "relatively major military resources within this zone," Prime Minister Francois... More »

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Somalia • France • Yemen • pirates • yachts • International Maritime Bureau

Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs
in Prison

Inmate says man confessed to aiding
in four murders

Dec 20, 07 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A jailhouse confession could doom two suspects in the murder of four people in the Joe Cool fishing boat case, the AP reports. A fellow inmate says suspect Guillermo Zarabozo came clean about the September killings, claiming that accomplice Kirby Archer shot the victims and that Zarabozo dumped the bodies... More »

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Cuba • murder • extradition • missing boater • pirates • confession

'Ghost Ship' a Case of Intrigue on High Seas

Charter found near Cuba, crew missing;
2 survivors being held

Sep 29, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sea is telling no secrets about an abandoned charter boat found 30 miles north of Cuba this week, missing the young couple who owned it and two crewmembers. But Newsweek reports that the two men who chartered the boat, found floating miles away in its life raft, are failing... More »

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Florida • crime • boat • ghost ship • missing boater • pirates

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